Bezirk Frankfurt

The Bezirk Frankfurt, also Bezirk Frankfurt (Oder), was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Frankfurt (Oder).

History

The district was established, with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, substituting the old German states. After 3 October 1990 it was disestablished due to the German reunification, becoming again part of the state of Brandenburg.

Geography

Position

The Bezirk Frankfurt bordered with East Berlin and the Bezirke of Neubrandenburg, Potsdam and Cottbus. It bordered also with Poland.

Subdivision

The Bezirk was divided into 12 Kreise: 3 urban districts (Stadtkreise) and 9 rural districts (Landkreise):

• Urban districts : Eisenhüttenstadt, Frankfurt (Oder), Schwedt.
• Rural districts : Angermünde; Bad Freienwalde; Beeskow; Bernau; Eberswalde; Eisenhüttenstadt-Land; Fürstenwalde; Seelow; Strausberg.

References

1. Frankfurt (disambiguation)
2. Hans Albrecht (politician)
3. Frankfurt (Oder)
4. 1. FC Frankfurt
5. Tamara Bunke
6. Paul van Dyk
7. Gerhard Grüneberg
8. Axel Schulz
9. IG Metall
10. Bezirk Cottbus
11. Bezirk Rostock
12. Bezirk Neubrandenburg
13. Western Pomerania
14. Andreas Thom
15. Bezirk Potsdam
16. Sven Helbig
17. Free City of Danzig
18. Marienetta Jirkowsky
19. Detlef Gerstenberg
20. Hohenwutzen